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Arkansas Data Center Power Rules: Large-Load Tariffs and State Law
How Arkansas’s utilities and lawmakers handle data-center-sized power requests: 1 utility, compiled from public filings, with a source on every entry.
Last checked October 22, 2026All states
Utilities
Arkansas utilities and their large-load rules.
Entergy Arkansas
AR · MISO · Entergy
ApprovedJan 2026Special contract for a large data center (Docket 25-055-P); Fair Share Plus principles
Arkansas regulators approved an Entergy special contract for a large data center; Entergy applies its Fair Share Plus principles to new large loads.
- Contract terms long enough to recover new infrastructure costs
- Rates cover incremental cost to serve plus a share of the existing grid
Sources: Arkansas Advocate, Arkansas Explained: Understanding the data center boom and debate (2026); Entergy, Data centers and Entergy: Fair Share Plus (2026)
What this can and can’t tell you
The rules are public. Whether your site can get power isn’t.
Anyone could pull these filings; we compile them so they’re easy to find. Terms change often, so confirm them with the utility or the commission docket before relying on them.
Going deeper: Data Center Site Selection in Arkansas: Entergy, SWEPCO, 2025 Laws and Local Rules
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- A utility’s published rules for large new loads
- The same answer for every site in that utility’s territory
- What the terms are if power is available
- Compiled from filings anyone can read
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- Whether a specific parcel can actually be served, and roughly when
- Substation headroom and the realistic connection path
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Cite this tracker
BlackForge Data Centers. "Arkansas data center power rules," Large-Load Power Tracker. Last checked October 22, 2026. https://www.blackforgedatacenters.com/data-center-power-tracker/arkansas
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit.
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